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LIVE from the saddle 2023

gcr0003 said:
Dude, I’ve been there so don’t take this the wrong way but you really need to get your system ironed out at home. You have had way too many slip ups, oopsies, learn on the fly, etc. thanks for sharing your experience, but be safe. Hit someone up from on here to come give you a quick run down if you need to.

I’d want to have 6+ flawless climbs with each method under my belt before hitting the woods for a hunt. You’re gonna keep fighting with gear and it’ll take away from your hunt. Worse you could get seriously hurt. Take a day and learn your systems then go back out and hit it. Or don’t, but be careful lol.
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understood and appreciated. No offense taken. I get to go a couple evenings a week so blowing a hunt isn’t the end of the world. Most of my spots are less than five minutes from home and 20 minute walks or less. I could practice at home, but why not do it in the woods instead. Get out early enough for the woods to calm down and just hang out. Worst case I’m hanging out in the woods at sunset.

safety points are noted. the foot tether that slipped tonight has been used a half dozen times already with no slippage so not sure the issue with it. I’ve got a safety knot on it and it’s fairly short so I wasn’t worried about slipping.
 
casts_by_fly said:
understood and appreciated. No offense taken. I get to go a couple evenings a week so blowing a hunt isn’t the end of the world. Most of my spots are less than five minutes from home and 20 minute walks or less. I could practice at home, but why not do it in the woods instead. Get out early enough for the woods to calm down and just hang out. Worst case I’m hanging out in the woods at sunset.

safety points are noted. the foot tether that slipped tonight has been used a half dozen times already with no slippage so not sure the issue with it. I’ve got a safety knot on it and it’s fairly short so I wasn’t worried about slipping.
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Because most people in most scenarios have family or neighbors or something that would eventually come by if you're stranded at home in a tree. In the woods, not so much.
 
For rappelling, by far my least favorite part is retrieving the rope.
@gcr0003 good looking out for a homie.
@casts_by_fly thank you for sharing your experiences. We need this kind of data-dialogue that made/makes SH.com the best place for actual information sharing from actual hunters. We can learn from the good and the bad.
Two things that stood out in particular to me, a non-expert: 1) you used accessory cord as the mainline tether, and eye to eye as your prusik, which is also accessory cord with probably a higher MBS. That’s what my moms would call “bass-ackwards”. You might want to quickly get yourself some good kernmantle climbing rope with a 4000+ pound MBS as the mainline for any tether, and make sure it’s at least 2mm larger diameter than your eye to eye. 2) I personally believe there are much better hitches than the distel, that can be achieved with a 18” eye to eye (roughly equivalent to tying a 3’ length into a loop, which is common). The distel does not grab super well IMO and is a bit of a hassle to manage. Look up the “Friction Hitches” thread by @Brocky or hit him up with a PM, he’s tied every knot for every reason ever. That thread and he can help you with any length of cord you have. And @John RB has some really great hitches especially if you have some longer cords to work with. He’s also tied everything and more.

Stay safe, and keep posting! I enjoy your candor and perspective. And I keep crossing my fingers there’s a dead deer at the bottom of your next post lol.
 
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AC28A391-DBA8-4241-AEB9-51D0F528193E.jpegAny doe over 125 pounds (or that damn groundhog) is getting shafted within 25yds in any direction. Bucks over 3.5 YO, i promise I’m your best friend. Come hang out.
Our house is behind my ear in the second pic, maybe 200 yds away tops. Last weekend of gun season so I’m loosely riding the property boundaries hoping for a cruiser. Got in way too late but maybe it was right on time, cuz the woods were silent until a few minutes ago when they absolutely came alive with racket. Some coyote pups, longbeards, and my favorite sound on a Saturday morning: blue jays.
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boyne bowhunter said:
Its 50# at 28inches and she has yet to kill anything. I'm a novice trad Bowhunter even after 50 seasons of bow hunting and I'm still trying to get confident with her. I'll defer to my buddy @movehuntir on the materials.
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The belly and back are black cherry under .040 glass. Inner lams are yellow birch. The riser is zebrawood.
 
movehuntir said:
The belly and back are black cherry under .040 glass. Inner lams are yellow birch. The riser is zebrawood.
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I know you've described this to me before but well . . . you know . . . I am old.

Still love the bow and I did find the other half of my Quik Loc laying in the snow on the way out. A little contact cement between the halves and its already good as new and ready to hunt.

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boyne bowhunter said:
Good thing its crunchy this morning. The arrow keeper ripped off my bow somewhere. I can't keep an arrow nocked (I've already dropped 2 and retrieved 1 with my grapple). If something comes by I'll have to nock and shoot.
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Seeing a stickbow in that pic makes me happy. :)
 
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